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Open Lab: Boardmaker
Prerequisite: Participants MUST have taken the Boardmaker Basics training prior to registering for this session.
Participants will come prepared with a list of visual supports needed for the classroom, home and/or community. The day will be spent creating and adapting materials using the Boardmaker Software to promote functional communication skills in a variety of settings.
CEUs are provided for SLP's

This is a full day conference for and about the families of children with special needs. Topics will include: Autism, Behavior, Transition (PK-K and MS-Hs-Post secondary), Mental Health, Early Intervention, Other Health Impaired, Sibling Issues, Special Needs Planning, New SLD Eligibility changes for 10-11: Transportation, Medications, Medicaid, InD Eligibility, College Access for Students with Disabilities and IEP's.

Differentiate Instruction by creating visual supports for literacy, reading and writing in content area instruction. Book to be adapted: "Jimmie's Boa Bounces Back", using a Boardmaker or PowerPoint template. Software, printers and other materials and supplies needed to adapt books will be available.This trainins is session 5 of a part 5 training series.
Please contact the instructor if there is a question regarding prerequisites.

This training will assist teachers and staff in developing positive and practical solutions to handle 100 common classroom behavior problems. Using the Teacher's Encyclopedia of Behavior Management, participants will develope a plan for one of their own classroom behavior problems. Upon completion of this workshop, teachers will have behavioral strategies that cover school-wide behavior climate (Foundations), individual classroom management (CHAMPs) and specific student problems (Solutions to Classroom Discipline).

Boardmaker Software is an easy to learn and easy to use symbol based software program that can be used to create communication boards, schedules, reading/writing activities, games and much more. This will be an active session in that partipants will be working directly on computers learning how to use the various toolbar features. All participants will complete a project for immediate classroom imoplementation.
CEUs provided for SLP's.

Come to this training to assist your student who is non-verbal or has limited communication skills. Topics will include:
Developing conversational turn talking.
Making request appropriately using multiple communication systems.
Communicating effectively in academic and social settings with peers and adults.
Increasing augmentative expressive language.
Participants will each make a communication book. State CEU's available for SLPs.

03/15/2010 through 06/11/2010 This is an on-line course that will provide knowledge of how to assess, design and implement positive behavioral supports. Required orientation meeting on Mar. 15, 2010 from 5:00-6:30 pm.

03/15/2010 through 06/11/2010 This online course is developed to ensure that all educators are familiar with the essential components of differentiated instruction and have the skills to develop quality lesson plans that meet the needs of diverse learners.
Required orientation meeting on Mar. 15, 2010 from 5:00-6:30 p.m.

03/15/2010 through 06/11/2010 This on-line course is designed to provide information on: Speech/Language services in the public schools; connection between language and literacy; the stages of language development; and assistive communication. Required orientation meeting on Mar. 15, 2010 from 5:00-6:30 pm. CEU'S FOR SLPs

03/15/2010 through 06/11/2010 this on-line course provides a comprehensive understanding of the purposes of assessment; the legal requirements (IDEA, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and NCLB)assessment accommodations and alternate assessment. Required orientation meeting on Mar. 15, 2010 from 5:00-6:30 pm.

Open Lab: Boardmaker
Prerequisite: Participants MUST have taken the Boardmaker Basics training prior to registering for this session. Participants will come prepared with a list visual supports needed for the classroom, home, and/or community. The day will be spent creating and adapting materials using the Boardmaker Software to promote functional communication skills in a variety of settings. CEUs provided for SLP's.

Create adapted books & hands-on Boardmaker activities to assist with differentiating literacy and content area reading instruction to promote engagement, comprehension, and academic success for all learners.
Book to be adapted: "My Family is Forever" by Trink Hakes Noble.
Resources provided will include: Boardmaker software, color printing, velcro & lamination (limited quantities).

Prerequisite: Participates MUST have taken the Boardmaker Basics training prior to registering for this session.
Participants will have an opportunity to review all of the features of Boardmaker, learn how to download pictures from the internet into the Boardmaker software library, and explore the many addendums that are available. The Boardmaker software addendums are time-saving, ready-made educational activities, templates and communication boards. Participants will learn how to use and/or adapt these ready-to-use Boardmaker materials.
CEUs provided for SLP's.

Prerequisite: Must have attended a DI training or have some knowledge of differentiated instruction.
Experience the excitement of moving to the next step in differentiating instruction in your classroom. This session is designed to deepen the understanding of how, when and why to differentiate instruction using the concept of Understanding By Design to plan instruction. Participants will receive the book, "Differentiation in Practice-A Resource Guide for Differentiating Curriculum" by Carol Ann Tomlinson and Caroline Cunningham which contains grade level specific differentiated units of study.

This beginning level training shows teachers how to use Microsoft Word to implement accommodations for student testing and to differentiate instruction. Objectives:
1. Participants will use at least five visual presentation strategies to accommodate a document.
2. Participants will identify at least two strategies to help students with reading difficulties.
3. Participants will create an accommodated test.

Ready to begin your journey on the road to differentiating instruction in your classroom? This presentation provides an orientation to the topics and key principles of differentiation in mixed-ability classrooms. This interactive session will model and increase your understanding of how to select and design learning activities that help students achieve targeted learning goals. Participants will receive the book,"How to Differentiate Instruction in the Mixed Ability Classroom" by Carol Ann Tomlinson.

Boardmaker Software is an easy to learn and easy to use symbol based software program that can be used to create communication boards, schedules, reading/writing activities, games and much more. This will be an active session in that participants will be working directly on computers learning how to use the various toolbar features. All participants will complete a project for immediate classroom implementation.
CEUs provided for SLP's.

Come find out how to promote engagement, comprehension and academic success for all learners by creating differentiated lessons through technology.
Several examples illustrating how a teacher can combine differentiated instruction with technolgy to meet the needs of a diverse population of learners will be shared.

Open Lab: Boardmaker
Prerequisite: Participants MUST have taken the Boardmaker Basics training prior to registering for this session. Participants will come prepared with a list of visual supports needed for the classroom, home, and/or community. The day will be spent creating and adapting materials using the Boardmaker Software to promote functional communication skills in a variety of settings.
CEUs provided for SLP's.

Create adapted books & hands-on Boardmaker activities to assist with differentiating literacy and content area reading instruction to promote engagement, comprehension, and academic success for all learners.
Book to be adapted, "Over in the meadow," by Ezra Jack Keats.
Resources provided will include: Boardmaker software, color printing, Velcro & lamination (limited Quantities).

Prerequisite: Participants must have attended a DI workshop or implemented differentiated practices in the classroom.
This workshop explores ways to support teachers as they move toward successful assessment and grading practices for use in the differentiated classroom. Participants will examine how to manage and assess student progress along the continuum of learning. Participants will receive a resource book that will assist with assessing differentiated student products.

This workshop will provide hands-on opportunities for participants to develop activities to differentiate literacy instruction in content area reading.
Participants will learn to use Boardmaker software to develop and design activities that support literacy instruction and promote student engagement and increased academic success for all learners.
Bring your own book to adapt.
Resources available include: Boardmaker software, color printing, velcro & lamination (limited quantities)

Boardmaker Software is an easy to learn and easy to use symbol based software program that can be used to create communication boards, schedules, reading/writing activities, games and much more. This will be an active session in that participants will be working directly on computers learning how to use the various toolbar features. All participants will complete a project for immediate classroom implemenation.
CEUs provided for SLP's.

This session will enhance the teachers's ability to identify, develop and provide appropriate accommodations/modifications to meet the diverse learning needs of students with disabilities.

Open Lab: Boardmaker
Prerequisite: Participants MUST have taken the Boardmaker Basics training prior to registering for this session. Participants will come prepared with a list of visual supports needed for the classroom, home, and/or community. The day will be spent creating and adapting materials using the Boardmaker Software to promote functional communication skills in a variety of settings.
CEUs provided for SLP's.